Acoustic rhinometry and video endoscopic scoring to evaluate postoperative outcomes in endonasal spreader graft surgery with septoplasty and turbinoplasty for nasal valve collapse

Table 2 Comparison of preoperative and early postoperative values (paired t-test)

Variable	Mean of difference	95 % CI	Significance
INV collapse grading	0.857	0.542–1.172	<0.001
INV cross-sectional area (cm²)	0.095	0.001–0.189	0.047
NOSE	8.1	6.1–10.2	<0.001
SNOT-22	17.3	10.2–24.4	<0.001

CI confidence interval, INV internal nasal valve, NOSE nasal obstruction symptom evaluation scale, SNOT sino-nasal outcome tool

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